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Posted by Merry on April 20, 2015 at 12:40:56:

As if on cue, water temperature around Palos Verdes recently dropped 3 - 5 degrees at depth. Surge and current predominated on most of our dives, but vis has been remarkably good for this time of year.

photo Simnia pose horiz DSC_0201_zpsqkj5udan.jpg


photo Simnia mantle 2 DSC_0193_zpstlb216gk.jpg


A 2-3mm juvenile Dendronotus iris!
photo Dendronotus iris front 2nd version DSC_0443_zpstlmc7i7i.jpg


Juvenile Dendronotus venustus
photo Dendronotus venustus 700 DSC_0476_zpsnzpyc0sb.jpg


photo Dendronotus venustus 800 DSC_0479_zpswoltyv40.jpg


Polycera atra feeding on the busy bryozoan animal, Bugula neritina
photo Polycera atra 3 DSC_0070_zpsciatpdwm.jpg


In the field, Polycera is a drab gray-green until strobes light it up.
photo Polycera atra 2 DSC_0183_zps3qwnyaw9.jpg


A tiny juvie Limacia cockerelli.
photo Limacia cockerelli DSC_0507_zpsge6dcop2.jpg


A slightly larger one.
photo Lamacia cockerelli DSC_0585_zpstcjob8qc.jpg


photo Featherduster 2br DSC_0651_zpsyg68vgkw.jpg


Felimare porterae
photo Felimare porterae DSC_0366_zpsujzso8pf.jpg


photo Egg tangle 800 DSC_0542_zpsw67rmybi.jpg


Two juvenile nudis working the kelp blade - the lion nudi was so small that I didn't see the Flabellina trilineata.
photo Melibe amp trilineata DSC_0454_zpscqlydxv6.jpg


Kevin found this quarter-inch juvenile Pseudoceros montereyensis.
photo Pseudoceros montereyensis DSC_0362_zpsmirjkltb.jpg


Something large at last!
photo Moray eel 800 DSC_0149_zpsebqbacha.jpg





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